I. Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with the words
from the box that have the same meaning.
1. The government is trying to bring back normalcy in the riot-hit areas of the city.
2. Wangari Maathai fought for the same privileges for men and women in Africa.
3. I cannot hold my attention on any subject for a long time.
4. The poster is offensive and disrespects women.
5. Some people argue that the wealth in this world should be distributed fairly and
reasonably among all.
6. After certain amount of growth the seedlings have to be taken out and shifted elsewhere
for further growth.
7. She travels to all kinds of exciting locations all over the world.
8. The Tirumala hills are covered by lush green plants.
9. The judge advised the disputing parties to settle through discussion.
10. The alcohol addict has to be put in a recovery centre for becoming a normal person.
II. Read the following sentence and notice the underlined words.
Wangari Maathai is an environmentalist and has a lot of interest in ecology.
In the above sentence 'environmentalist' stands for 'a person who is concerned about
the natural environment and wants to improve and protect it'. 'Ecology' stands for 'the study
of relation of animals and plants to their surroundings. ‘Both the words stand for many
words. So they are called 'one-word substitutes'.
